diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py
index 2598ca61a464613bdcfb54e90507c2f05b4690f7..f22c76093073d7c26f2f80c4e2c6150a75690186 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/settings.py
@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'drf_yasg',
     'django_filters',
     'material',
-    'material.frontend',
-    'viewflow',
-    'viewflow.frontend',
-    'lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.workflowapp',
+    'material.frontend'
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -117,6 +114,11 @@ if show_debug_toolbar():
     INSTALLED_APPS.append('debug_toolbar')
     MIDDLEWARE.insert(MIDDLEWARE.index('django.middleware.gzip.GZipMiddleware')+1, 'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware')
 
+
+if bool(os.environ.get('TMSS_ENABLE_VIEWFLOW', False)):
+    INSTALLED_APPS.extend(['viewflow', 'viewflow.frontend', 'lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.workflowapp'])
+
+
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'lofar.sas.tmss.tmss.urls'
 
 TEMPLATES = [
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py
index 1b2b5898c5ac20633d63bb3edac9d713f0ecd421..7e722d4cc217facbec5652268593c7946b457ebe 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/src/tmss/urls.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from drf_yasg import openapi
 from datetime import datetime
 import os
 from material.frontend import urls as frontend_urls
-from viewflow.flow.viewset import FlowViewSet
 
 
 #
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
index 658e74dcffb1e1c7b0d364ec0c70d66d4336ebf2..5463e36411e156a9fe345797f164b8a527c661bc 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/test/test_utils.py
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ class TMSSTestEnvironment:
                  exchange: str=os.environ.get("TMSS_EXCHANGE", DEFAULT_BUSNAME), broker: str=os.environ.get("TMSS_BROKER", DEFAULT_BROKER),
                  populate_schemas:bool=False, populate_test_data:bool=False,
                  start_ra_test_environment: bool=False, start_pg_listener: bool=False,
-                 start_subtask_scheduler: bool=False, start_dynamic_scheduler: bool=False):
+                 start_subtask_scheduler: bool=False, start_dynamic_scheduler: bool=False,
+                 enable_viewflow: bool=False):
         self._exchange = exchange
         self._broker = broker
         self._populate_schemas = populate_schemas
@@ -298,6 +299,9 @@ class TMSSTestEnvironment:
         self._start_dynamic_scheduler = start_dynamic_scheduler
         self.dynamic_scheduler = None
 
+        if enable_viewflow:
+            os.environ['TMSS_ENABLE_VIEWFLOW'] = 'True'
+
         # Check for correct Django version, should be at least 3.0
         if django.VERSION[0] < 3:
             print("\nWARNING: YOU ARE USING DJANGO VERSION '%s', WHICH WILL NOT SUPPORT ALL FEATURES IN TMSS!\n" %
@@ -451,6 +455,7 @@ def main_test_environment():
     group.add_option('-d', '--data', dest='data', action='store_true', help='populate the test-database with test/example data')
     group.add_option('-s', '--schemas', dest='schemas', action='store_true', help='populate the test-database with the TMSS JSON schemas')
     group.add_option('-S', '--services', dest='services', action='store_true', help='start the TMSS background services.')
+    group.add_option('-v', '--viewflow', dest='viewflow', action='store_true', help='Enable the viewflow app for workflows on top of TMSS')
 
     group = OptionGroup(parser, 'Messaging options')
     parser.add_option_group(group)
@@ -465,7 +470,8 @@ def main_test_environment():
                              exchange=options.exchange, broker=options.broker,
                              populate_schemas=options.schemas, populate_test_data=options.data,
                              start_ra_test_environment=options.services, start_pg_listener=options.services,
-                             start_subtask_scheduler=options.services, start_dynamic_scheduler=options.services) as tmss_test_env:
+                             start_subtask_scheduler=options.services, start_dynamic_scheduler=options.services,
+                             enable_viewflow=options.viewflow) as tmss_test_env:
 
             # print some nice info for the user to use the test servers...
             # use print instead of log for clean lines.